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Cultural "genocide": Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s universities

Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on 7 October, all universities in Gaza have either been damaged or completely destroyed in what human rights groups have called a “cultural genocide”.

Institutions that in total have more than 90,000 students enrolled have been completely flattened by Israeli air strikes and 95 university professors have been killed.

Where will Gaza’s brightest students be educated now?
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